:Self conversion vs. ER conversion

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Hi, you can self convert but over time your ability to do this will diminish.

The reasoning behind this is that the more your in AF the more the Electrical

impulses that are directed or mis- directed as the case may be will cause foci

in the Atria. This I was informed from the French Group In Bordeaux.

Also the Atria will change shape and make it difficult for the heart to get back

into NSR.

Many years ago when I first succumbed to this condition, it was suggested that I

take dioxin but it was stressed that I would never go back into NSR when getting

into AF. Apparently the drug changes the mechanisms of the heart.

Hope that help a little.

Please note that some patients, usually in my experience are the order ones

almost us who seem to tolerate AF well and are quite happy with the drug therapy

of leaving them in AF> It is the younger ones who feel the pain of this

condition.

Best regards

C UK

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> > I've always been a self-converter, and heard someone say on some

> board

> > somewhere (not this one) that once you've had to be converted at an

> ER

> > through meds/whatever, that you can never self-convert out of a-fib

> > again.

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> > Is that true? It sounds so weird and wrong somehow.

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> > The only time I was converted chemically (with meds) was in a

> doctor's office during a bad attack of a-fib, 8 years ago. Since that

> time, I have always converted on my own, sometimes after an hour,

> somtimes after a much longer time. The only difference has been my

> decision about whether or not to go to the doctor. I have been on

> Atenolol and aspirin, for the past few years. Initially I was placed

> on Coumadin and Lanoxin, in addition to the Atenolol.Many of us a-fib

> veterans try to reassure ourselves that we will not die from this and

> then try to go on with their lives. Be well. Lorraine

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